Lepophidium entomelan, Blackthroat cusk-eel

Lepophidium entomelan Robins, Robins & Brown, 2012

Blackthroat cusk-eel
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Ophidiiformes (Cusk eels) > Ophidiidae (Cusk-eels) > Ophidiinae
Etymology: Lepophidium: Latin, lepus, leporis = rabbit + Greek, ophis = serpent (Ref. 45335); entomelan: Named for the very dark orobranchial region and gut (Greek 'entos' for within and 'melan' for black).

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Marine; demersal; depth range 55 - 439 m (Ref. 91765). Tropical; 35°N - 10°N, 98°W - 78°W (Ref. 91765)

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Western Atlantic: around the Gulf of Mexico and in the western Caribbean Sea from Mexico to Nicaragua.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 91765)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 125 - 133; Anal soft rays: 103 - 114; Vertebrae: 71 - 75. This species possess a pigmented gut; it differs from L. inca by the number of anal rays (103-112 vs. 112-121); from L. kallion and L. maroratum by the absence of any pattern of spots, bars, or blotches in the head and body; from L. maroratum by the long pelvic ray length as a percentage of standard length (4-7% vs. 10-14%) and the short pelvic ray length as a percentage of standard length (3-6% vs. 8-12%) (Ref. 91765).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like; Cross section: compressed.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Robins, C.R., R.H. Robins and M.E. Brown, 2012. A revision of Lepophidium (Teleoastei, Ophidiidae), with descriptions of eight new species. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 52(1):1-94. (Ref. 91765)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 29 January 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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